नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

266 THE NATYASASTRA [ XVI. 21-

revealed on account of your smile, outshines (lit. covers) the full moon.

Madhukarī

21. [The metre which has] the feet of nine syllables of which the last three are heavy [and the rest light] is called Madhukarī.¹

Example :

22. kusumitam abhipaśyantī
vividha-tarugaṇaiś channam ।
vanam atiśaya-gandhāḍhyaṃ
bhramati madhukarī hṛṣṭā ॥

Seeing the woodland covered with various trees full of flowers and rich in exuberence of [pleasent] odour, the female bee is flying about in delight.

Kuvalaya-mālā

23. [The metre which has] the feet of ten syllables of which the first and the last three are heavy [and the rest light] is called Kuvalaya-mālā¹.

Example :

24. asmiṃs te śirasi tadā kānte
vaidūraya-sphaṭika-suvarṇāḍhye ।
śobhāṃ svāṃ na vahati tāṃ
baddhā suśliṣṭā kuvalaya-mālêyam ॥

O dear one, this well-made garland of Kuvalaya¹ flowers fastened at that time on your head which has been richly decorated with lapis lazuli, quartz and gold, does not bear [any more] its naturalbeauty.

Mayūrasāriṇī

25. [The metre which has] the feet of ten syllables of

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21 (C.18, B.XV.28, 29). ¹ Scheme ᑌ ᑌ ᑌ, ᑌ ᑌ ᑌ, - - -). This metre is called Bhujagaśiśubhṛtā (ºyutā, vṛtā) by Piṅgala and his followers.
22 (C.19, B.XV.30).
23 (C.20, B.XV.31, 32). ¹ Scheme (- - -, ᑌ ᑌ ᑌ, ᑌ - -, -). This is called Paṇava by Piṅgala and his followers.
. 24 (C.21, B.XV.33). ¹ Kuvalaya is a blue aquatic flower of the lotus class. 25 (C.22, B.XV.34, 35).